My signature "style" as a figurative artist is to distort the figure. I read somewhere that disfigured representations of the human form are often interpreted as an artists individual expression of frustration, anger or fear. I draw from an ongoing narrative based on old family photos and stories; my vintage photos; and photos I've personally taken. And while I admit that I do distort the figure, sometimes beyond recognition, the intent is not centered in fear or anger, but a need to express what I see in their eyes and facial expressions. I find a great deal of peace in the narrative and the form it takes on a clay-coated surface or canvas using oils, inks, liquid graphite and acrylics. This is my "expressionism".

After a series of drawings focusing on the eyes and their facial expressions, I distort the image as my way of representing the essence of each individual. In the "Warped" gallery, the renderings were done using a variety of scratching tools. In the "Asylum" gallery, all paintings are oil on canvas. Portions of the surface were manipulated and 'scratched' before the paint dried. The "Mask" gallery features an expansion on my original concept of representing the frailties and vulnerabilities in the human story. My "New Work" shows encroachment of the background, use of mixed media, scratching or the use of a brushstroke to symbolize the need for the masks that "protect" us.